Bust-conforming brassiere



A ril 7, 1925; 1,532,444

0. SANDBANK [NOW BY MARRIAGE 0. S. CASS BUST CONFORMING BRASSIERE Filed April 17, 1922 Apr. 7, i925.

GLZVE SANDBANK, 15G I rernnnsore.

sore, essrenon or onnrounrr: no WILILAI? i I g I retain Application filed April 17, 1322. .Scrial No. 553,858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GL1 SANDBANK, a citizen of the Ilnited States, residing at New York Mills. in the county of Otter Tail and'State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bust-Conforming Brassieres and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, .such as will enable others slrille'd in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a brassiere. Such articles are now connnonly worn and especially since the lower neck dresses have become much in vogue. The brassiere is used to hold the bust in firm position but no matter how tightly the brassiere may be drawn around the body if the body is bent, in leaning forward, the front portion will loosen and tend to be spaced from the body. li ith a low neck dress this often results in an undesirable exposure of the bust which is very annoying to the wearer.

It is an ob 'ect of this invention therefore, to construct a brassiere which will maintain a comparatively close contact with the form and will prevent an undue opening of the garment at the bust portion or an undue separation of the garment from the body.

It is an object of the invention to construct such a brassiere having a stiffened portion at the center thereof, preferably adjacent tie top edge, which portion is conformed to the shape of the bust.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully apparent from the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout the different views and in which 1 is a view in front elevation of the extended brassiere, a portion thereof being broken out;

Fig. 2 is a top edge view of the central portion of the brassiere before the same is formed;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the formed construction of the brassiere and showing a portion of the bust of the wearer in dotted lines;

Fig. 4 is a central verticai section taken toward the transverse center thereof. the embodiment of the lllVelltlGlIlllUSbITZLtGCl on the line l of Fig. 1, as indicated by the arrows and shown on an enlarged scale;

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Fig. 5 is a plan view of a stiffening stay which may be used in the brassiere.

Referring to the drawings. a brassiereof standard design is shown as 1 havingthe usual hennned and thickened edge l ceratended thereabout and being-supplied with co-operating fastening members 3' at the sides thereof and withthe supporting straps lsecured to itston edge. The 'brassiere' is also provided at its bottom portion with slits or openings 5 disposed at each side of its center adapted to be drawn together and held in desired position by laces.

In accordance with the present invention, the brassiere is provided with a stiffened portion shown as 6 which is arranged with its widest portion at the top edge of the brassiere and which decreases in width In the stiffened portion is shown as of sub stantially semi-circular shape and extending to approximately the transv rse center portion of the brassiere. It will, of course, be understood that the area and extent of the stiffening portion may be considerably varied. The portion 6 is preferably provided with a. plurality of pockets adapted to receive stiffening stays of metal or other material, such as shown at 7 in Fig. 5, the ends thereof being provided with a covering 7 to obviate any sharp edge. The stiffened central portion 6 is adapted to be bentinwardly alongits center line, as illustrated in Fig. 3. This bend will thus form an inwardly projecting ridge which will have its greatest height at the top edge of the brassiere and will gradually taper toward the transverse center thereof. This ridge or bend of the brassiere will be formed to fit the bust of the wearer, as indicated in Fig. 3 where the two portions of the bust or breasts are shown as 8 The central bent portion 6 of the brassiere being bent to conform thereto.

When the bra-ssiere is worn, the same will be fastened about the form and the inwardly extended portion 6 will extend into the center of the bust between the side portions thereof and will thus prevent the garments same is separate or detached.

of the wearer from extending across the two sides of the bust or dropping away from the same unduly. The garments will, on the other hand, he held in close conformity to the bust so that there will be no objectionable opening at the center thereof. The brassiere will have great utility with the modern styles of dress and the same can be made at very little extra expense.

It should also be stated that the present invention includes such an article of wearing apparel has been described whether the For instance, a certain type of garment is now being worn wnich is in reality a combination of corset having few stays and a brassiere at the top thereof, which is called a corselette. Applicants invention could, of course, be applied to the brassiere part of such a garment. It is also now common to provide a tight lining for certain dresses, which lining fits tightly about the bust, the dress portion being loosely attached to such lining. Applicants invention could also equally well be applied to such a dress lining. It is an object of this invention, therefore, to embrace any article of wearing apparel adapted to be tightly drawn about the bust which has a stiffened portion adapted to conform to and fit between the bust portions.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details and proportions of the device Without departing from the scope of applicants invention, which, generally stated, consists in the matter shown and described and se forth in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A brassiere comprising a strip of flexible material adapted to embrace the body across the busts, and including acontinuous t-iiiened member which extends inwardly toward the body between the busts, said member being provided, on each side, with a curved portion adapted to conform to the inner sides of the busts.

2 ii brassiere comprising a strip of tier;- ible fabric material adapted to extend around the body of the wearer substantially in line with the busts, said strip having a centrally located stiffened portion at its front, said portion being bent inwardly to fit between the busts, and provided with spaced, longitudinally-positioned stiffening members extending across said stiffened portion, said members decreasing in length towards the bottom of said stiffened portion.

3. A brassiere comprising a strip of flexible material adapted to embrace the body of the wearer substantially at the bust line, said strip having an area at its front central portion formed by stiffened members extending longitudinally of said strip across said area, said members being bent inwardly to form a trough adapted to extend trans 'ersely between the busts of the wearer, the portion of said strip in front of and at the outer side of said-busts being flexible.

In testimony whereof I aii'ix my signature.

OLIVE SANDBANK. 

